De Engelsche Goederen
("The English Goods") A comedy in two acts by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue.
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The original text
Die englische Waren, also known as De verboten Waren ("The forbidden goods"). Published in 1809, and first performed in the Burghtheater, Vienna on 4 August, 1810.
Translations and adaptations
Translated from the German original into Dutch by Jan Steven van Esveldt Holtrop and published in 1809.
Performance history in South Africa
1844: Performed in Dutch by the combined company, Het Privaat Hollandsch Tooneellievend Gezelschap playing under the combined motto Tot Nut en Vermaak en Door Yver Vruchtbaar, in the Hope Street Theatre, Cape Town on 15 November, as afterpiece to De Trouwring (Lembert).
Sources
http://books.google.co.za/books/about/De_Engelsche_goederen.html?id=CiASHQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928: pp. 447
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